[Shotimes] My %$#*&@* Rotors are Warped Again!!!!!!!

[Noah South III]

Welcome to the curse, I consider front rotors as much of a consumable as oil
with my SHOs.

-Noah South III

----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh Salaets" <jsalaets@msn.com>
To: "SHOtimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 2:04 AM
Subject: [Shotimes] My %$#*&@* Rotors are Warped Again!!!!!!!


> Hey Everyone,
>
> I am having never-ending problems with the front rotors on my car - they
seem
> to warp if I even look at them weird.  I have gone through at least 6 sets
of
> rotors on my car, from the cheap ones to pretty expensive ones, and none
of
> them last longer than a couple of months without going to hell.  I have
also
> gone through about as many sets of pads trying to track down a brake
problem
> that I have had since I bought the car that was FINALLY fixed this summer
by
> replacing ALL of the calipers, lines, brake booster, and master cylinder.
>
> Now the brakes FINALLY operate as they should, but the rotors have warped
on
> me once again, and these are the Napa lifetime ones.  I am now wondering
if I
> have a bent axle or bad cv joint that might be causing one side to warp
real
> quickly, as I have fought with tire balance issues and vibrations since I
> bought the car.  This has been mostly resolved by a good tire balance,
solid
> subframe bushings, and the replacing of a slightly bent wheel, but I still
> have a slight vibration that comes and goes above 70 (attributed this to
> possible road surfaces).  There are no other signs of bad CV joints, as
they
> have never made any clicking or grinding noises, even in sharp parking lot
> manuevers.  The car has also been to a couple of track days where the
brakes
> have been REALLY abused (the second time so bad that there was no pads
left
> and the brakes were on fire when I came in), but the rotors never warped.
>
> I know SHOs are notoriously hard on rotors, but this is rediculous!  My
> friend's '93 with the smaller stock brakes doesn't have rotor issues, and
he
> drives his car really hard.  ANY ideas or suggestions would be greatly
> appreciated!!!!
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Josh Salaets
> 95 SHO MTX (I SHO U)
> 85 Omni GLH-T (Yeah, it's fast)
> Eugene, OR
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